DeFi Jobs in England

Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DeFi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DeFi over the 6 months to 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 887 1124
Rank change year-on-year +57 +237 -234
Permanent jobs citing DeFi 29 8 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.031% 0.010% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.010% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 32
10th Percentile £62,125 £60,375 -
25th Percentile £71,563 £66,563 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £83,750 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% -11.84% +35.71%
75th Percentile £117,500 £101,563 £140,000
90th Percentile £130,250 £108,125 -
UK median annual salary £110,000 £105,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DeFi is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,406 78,691 137,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.77% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,054 48,270 73,559
10th Percentile £29,290 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

DeFi
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DeFi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DeFi in England.

Salary trend for DeFi in England

DeFi
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DeFi in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DeFi in England

DeFi
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DeFi within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +109 29 £110,000 +76.00% 26
DeFi
UK

DeFi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) Ethereum
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) AWS
2 9 (31.03%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Hardhat
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Legal
3 8 (27.59%) Banking
3 8 (27.59%) Financial Institution
3 8 (27.59%) Law
4 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Developer
2 11 (37.93%) Senior
3 10 (34.48%) Software Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Blockchain Developer
6 4 (13.79%) Rust Developer
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Blockchain Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Junior
7 3 (10.34%) Junior Developer
8 2 (6.90%) Junior Quantitative Developer
8 2 (6.90%) Quantitative Developer
9 1 (3.45%) Designer
9 1 (3.45%) Graduate
9 1 (3.45%) Graduate Developer
9 1 (3.45%) Graduate Software Developer
9 1 (3.45%) Junior Software Developer
9 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Senior Designer
9 1 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) React
2 8 (27.59%) Smart Contracts
2 8 (27.59%) Spring
3 6 (20.69%) REST
4 5 (17.24%) WebSockets
5 2 (6.90%) web3js
6 1 (3.45%) .NET
6 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
6 1 (3.45%) CSS
6 1 (3.45%) CSS3
6 1 (3.45%) ethers.js
6 1 (3.45%) HTML
6 1 (3.45%) HTML5
6 1 (3.45%) Node.js
6 1 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (3.45%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (3.45%) zkSync
Miscellaneous
1 19 (65.52%) Blockchain
2 8 (27.59%) NFT
3 6 (20.69%) Data Structures
4 3 (10.34%) Algorithms
4 3 (10.34%) Web3
5 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
1 16 (55.17%) Cryptocurrency
2 14 (48.28%) Low Latency
2 14 (48.28%) Software Engineering
3 11 (37.93%) Fintech
4 9 (31.03%) Agile
4 9 (31.03%) Business Development
5 8 (27.59%) Asset Management
5 8 (27.59%) E-Commerce
5 8 (27.59%) Performance Testing
6 4 (13.79%) API Design
6 4 (13.79%) DevOps
6 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
6 4 (13.79%) Open Source
6 4 (13.79%) Open Source Development
7 3 (10.34%) Algorithmic Trading
7 3 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
7 3 (10.34%) High-Frequency Trading
8 2 (6.90%) Clean Code
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Rust
2 14 (48.28%) Java
3 11 (37.93%) JavaScript
4 9 (31.03%) Solidity
5 6 (20.69%) Python
6 5 (17.24%) Go
7 2 (6.90%) C#
7 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
8 1 (3.45%) C
8 1 (3.45%) Kotlin
8 1 (3.45%) Ruby
8 1 (3.45%) Scala
8 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Google
2 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.45%) Foundry
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Qualys
2 1 (3.45%) Zscaler